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We keep trying to bribe Brady to stay in Ohio for college with a puppy and your posts make me want one......and want to never get one!! LOL!! Thanks for sharing your precious Stella with all of us!! :O)

Smile...

October is breast cancer awareness month.

So don't forget to examine those boobies of yours.

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But ask now the beasts...

and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Job 12:7-10

Be A Tree Planter...

Finally, the answer to that age old question...

Yep. He sure does.

A good read...

Other good reads...

Who says great art can't be funny?

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Country livin' puts a smile on yer face...

Stop Animal Cruelty...

Remember...

I'll even provide you the lighter fluid and match.

Wounded Warrior Project

For there shall arise...

false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Matthew 24:24

This Sign Hangs By My Kitchen Sink...

This is why I firmly believe in the Second Amendment.

I have to make sure the dishes get done.

I believe in...

Otherwise, how would they pick all those blackberries in the woods?

2 Chronicles 7:14

If my people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Holstein Humor...

"Oh, sure they're nice, but are they real?"

If Holsteins Were Vain...

You never know who can save the day...

It isn't always Mighty Mouse.

Quotes To Ponder...

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." ~Melody Beattie

"The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very long ago. Until then, where was all the food? Dear folks, the food was in homes, gardens, local fields, and forests. It was near kitchens, near tables, near bedsides. It was in the pantry, the cellar, the backyard." ~Joel Salatin

"People see God every day, they just don't recognize Him." ~Pearl Bailey

"See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, that sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?" ~from the movie "Signs."

"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." ~John Wooden

"Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government." ~James Madison

"All great change in America begins at the dinner table." ~Ronald Reagan

"Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leaves you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you." ~ Max Lucado

"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls." ~Mother Teresa

"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world." ~Daniel Webster

"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money." ~Abigail Van Buren

"Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God." ~George Washington Carver

"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Guard against the postures of pretended patriotism." ~George Washington

"Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow." ~Unknown

"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature." ~Anne Frank

"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." ~Henry van Dyke

"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast-you also miss the sense of where you're going and why." ~Eddie Cantor

"Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose." ~Author Unknown

"The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you." ~John E. Southard

"Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how." ~Author Unknown

"You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything --even poverty--you can survive it." ~Bill Cosby

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." ~EE Cummings

"Your life may be the only Bible some people read." ~Author Unknown

"Character is higher than intellect." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Yes, we did produce a near-perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the path of destruction." ~Thomas Jefferson

"Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears. Pass it on." ~Rev. Henry Burton

"No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted." ~Aesop

"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life." ~Sandra Carey

"You always have a choice, even if it is only a choice of your attitude." ~Lucy MacDonald

"People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

"Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are." ~Author Unknown

"A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble." ~Charles H. Spurgeon

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you?" ~William A. Ward

I complained that I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Native American Indian Proverb

"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains." ~Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." ~Robert Brault

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." ~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader's Digest, June 1995

"There will be a tomorrow that exists without me. And I know that. When that day arrives, I want my life to have meant something. I want this world to be brighter. I want this world to be happier. I want people to have smiled more and to have laughed more because I've spent time here. And if I accomplish that, I will look down and I will smile." ~Mike Litman

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Have the courage...

So You Want To Know A Lil' Something About Me?

I am a primitive folk artist who is living happily ever after with my sweet husband in the beautiful rural countryside of Central New York. I have a love for nature and American history. I literally walk out my door and get inspired by the beauty around us.
I have been creating for as long as I can remember and will continue until these tired ol’ hands won’t allow me to. This is my passion.
If my creations and silly humor brings a smile to your face then I've accomplished what I set out to do. It’s that simple...

Thanks For Stopping By...

I'll bet you didn't know I've been around for this long, huh?

At the close of the Constitutional Convention,

when an elderly Benjamin Franklin hobbled out of the hall where dele­gates had debated the fate of the young nation for the length of the hottest Philadelphia summer in thirty-seven years, he was asked by a curious bystander, “Well, Doctor, what have we got—republic or a monarchy?”

“A republic,” Franklin famously replied, “if you can keep it.”

Long may she wave...

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Well????

Will they be able to read the Constitution? Or the Declaration of Independence? Teach them cursive.